[HBR] Fw: Re: Fw: HBR-16

[shoppa_hbr at trailing-edge.com]

windy10605 at juno.com wrote:
> I have been contacted by an individual who found the web site and is
> interested in someone building a "new" original HBR-16 Receiver for him.
> He does not have a "parts kit" so you would be starting from scratch. 
>
> Some comments made .........  "I was wanting someone to build a new one
> from scratch with maybe a few mods. ie digital readout and a more modern
> looking front panel. I might be interested in a used one, if it was in
> near mint condition or could be restored to such a state. I welcome 
> any input you might have and photos would be nice. I have high speed
> internet and can handle large image files without a problem.........."  ,
>   "....quality of workmanship is a big issue.....".
>
> I don't understand the "original", "digital readout", and "more modern
> looking front panel" requests. Any interest ?

Labor value (condidering workmanship and knowledge etc.) in building
a HBR-16 from scratch is in the several thousand dollar range (assuming
you can get all the parts off-the-shelf and it can be assembled/
aligned in a 40 hour work week).

Most of use do much more puttering and tinkering and realistically it is
several hundreds of hours put into a HBR-16 with all the "fun" of fooling
around with it.

Add the overhead/hassle of dealing with a nutcase who doesn't
understand what he really wants and you have to increase the price
by a factor of 5 to 10.

Resulting cost to the nutcase who both knows exactly what he wants ("a
HBR-16") and doesn't know what he wants ("digital readout") would
have to be in the $20K or more range.

Tim.